Find a local pumpkin patch here!

Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other Halloween activities in Louisville and West-central Kentucky? Scroll down this page and you will see the all of those in Louisville and West-central Kentucky, sorted by county. Some are farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple roadside stands. Most have loads of pumpkins to choose from. To really make it fun for your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn maze, spook house, or hayride. There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free. ALWAYS call before you go to confirm the info, they don't always report changes to me!

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New for this year, see our Top Ten list of best pumpkins to make pumpkin pies and for baking and cooking. Also, our Master List of 100 Varieties of Pumpkins for every purpose. Then see this page for our easy pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin recipe.

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Updates for April 2024

Most pumpkin patches and corn mazes usually open by mid September, some earlier! You may also like a local zombie event or Zombie Paintball!. The world's best pumpkin pie recipe is here, and the pie crust recipe is here! And we have home canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access many pumpkin and other recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search.  If you are looking for pick your own apples with pumpkins and often also fun activities, see this page.

NOTE: Many farms went out of business in the past 2 years and others are dropping their websites and switching to Facebook pages thus breaking all links to them. If a link is broken please click the "click here to report a broken link or blank page" so we can find the replacement link! Thanks!

After Halloween, find a Christmas tree at a local Christmas tree farm (and enjoy a bonfire, smore, hot chocolate and free hayrides, and often Santa visits! And next Spring, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me! And Find a a local farm market here

Pumpkin Patch Listings, by county

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Breckinridge County

Bullitt County

  • Whittaker Run Farm - Strawberries, pumpkins and mums, pumpkin patch (pick in the field where they grow), pumpkins (in a market, stand or shop)
    416 South 31E Loop, Mount Washington, KY 40047. Phone: (502) 510-0029. Open: May-October. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.. Small family run farm specializing in strawberries, mums, pumpkins, and seasonal produce (ADDED: April 20, 2019, Suggested by a visitor)
  • Shady Lane Farm - Uses natural growing practices, corn maze, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, kiddie (mini) corn maze, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, Fresh eggs, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
    340 C.e. Smith Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. Phone: 502-599-3024. Email: [email protected]. Open: Saturday and Sunday in September and October 11 am to 6 pm. Directions: From I-65 take exit 117 (Mt. Washington/Shepherdsvile). Turn east on Highway 44 and travel 4.4 miles to C.E. Smith Road on the left. From Gene Snyder Freeway take exit 116 (Bardstown Road). Turn south towards Mt. Washington and travel 9 miles to Highway 44. Turn right on Highway 44 and travel 8 miles to C.E. Smith Road on the right. Click here for a map and directions. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Payment: Cash, Check.

Carroll County

Hardin County

  • Crawford Farms - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Fall festival, cow train / barrel train rides, corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, child-sized haybale maze, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, farm market, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations
    3999 Hodgenville Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. Phone: (615)574-8470. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday, from 4 pm to 7 pm; Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday, from 12 pm to 7 pm, September 27 to October 31. Directions: from I-65, take exit 91 which puts you on WK Parkway. Come to red light and continue straight onto 4 lane Lincoln Parkway (Highway 61). Travel four miles and farm sign is on the left. Turn on Williams Cemetery Road and travel half mile. or from Elizabethtown square, travel on 31W toward Glendale. Go 2 miles from the Elizabethtown square and turn left on Hodgenville Road (Highway 210) just past Long John Silvers Restaurant. Travel four miles and farm is on the right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page. General admission includes all attractions in Sprigg's Playland and Petting Zoo including corn mazes. Day pass is $5 weekdays and $6 weekends. Hayrides and Barrel Train Rides are $2. Pumpkins and other items are priced by the piece. Family Fun Night October 26 from 7 pm to 10 pm. One price admission for all attractions in Sprigg's Playland and Petting Zoo plus unlimited hayrides and barrel train rides. Concession stand will be open. All guests must have a working flashlight or glow stick. Price is $8 per guest.
  • Red Mill Farms - corn maze, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Fall festival, child-sized haybale maze, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, Bounce house, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, farm market, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, Inflatables/bounce house, pony rides, petting zoo, birthday parties, school tours
    1442 Red Mill Rd, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. Phone: 270 506 2400. Alternate Phone: 270-268-6028. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm Sunday from 9 am to 7 pm. Directions: Coming from Louisville take I 65 South to exit # 91 B Hodgenville Turn Left at red light you will be on Dixie Highway come to next red light turn right on highway 210 come out approximately 5 miles Red Mill is on left. After you turn on Red Mill Road come 1.4 miles patch is on right address 1442 Red Mill Road From Hodgenville follow highway 210 to Hardin County line turn right after you come into Hardin County on to Red Mill Road come 1.4 miles patch on right. Click here for a map and directions. Pumpkin patch September 14 to October 31. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Hay rides are mostly on weekends please call for weekdays schedules pony drawn cart rides.
  • Thomas Dairy Farm and Market - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, corn maze, haunted corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, Zombie paintball, tractor-pulled hay rides, haunted house, haunted trail, farm market, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area, jumping pillow, mining for gems, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations, events at your location (call for info)
    4625 Leitchfield Rd, Cecilia, KY 42724. Phone: (270) 401-2524. Email: [email protected]. Open: 3rd Saturday in September - 1st Saturday in November Monday to Thursday 9 am to 6 pm Friday to Saturday 10 am to midnight Sunday 12 pm to 6 pm. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page. handicap and wheelchair accessible. (UPDATED: August 30, 2018)

Henry County

  • Blueberry Hill Farm - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, farm animals, school tours
    5380 Campbellsburg Road, Campbellsburg, KY 40011. Phone: 502-532-0110. Email: [email protected]. Directions: 5380 Campbellsburg Road, Campbellsburg, KY 40011: Blueberry Hill Farm is located 45 minutes from Louisville; 50 minutes from Florence; 30 minutes from Shelbyville KY. We're just off of I-71 at exit 34 in Kentucky. Go east off of the exit, at the second yellow flashing light (Pyle's Body Shop) make a right, travel approx. 2 miles and we are on the left. Our sign is out front just past the driveway. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: We are currently open from 8amto 8 pm Monday thru Saturday at the Farm; We are closed on Sunday. Blueberries are available the second week of June; We will have berries up through the first week of August; Our U-Pick prices will be $12;00/gallon; Our 'Picked for You' pumpkins will be available roadside from the last weekend in September through October. Payment: Cash, Check. Asparagus is available each April and May in either green or purple. The price is $2.75 bundle Blueberry Hill Farm also sells fresh brown eggs. These eggs are laid from non-medicated chickens that run free on roughly 3/4 acre. Our eggs are $2.00 dozen. When the bees cooperate we will also have honey available in 1lb. jars for $4.75 each.

Jefferson County

  • Gagel Truck Farm: Market sells vegetable and bedding plants, herbs and hanging baskets. Also, greenhouse tomatoes, corn, green beans, squashes and peppers, plus apples, pumpkins, mums and pansies in the fall. Monday-Saturday, 8 am to 6 p. m. Follow Dixie Highway to Lower Hunters Trace. Turn right and look for the sign one mile on the left. 447-6809.
  • Jeffersontown Farmers Market: Greens, radishes, cabbage, broccoli, peas, spinach, berries, sweet corn, herbs, tomatoes, apples and several varieties of melons. Starter plants (tomatoes, green peppers, flowers, onion sets and more) and bedding plants. In late summer, homemade apple butter and bread, crafts and pumpkins. Saturdays, 7:30 a. m. until sold out; Tuesdays, 3 p. m. until sold out; through Nov. 1. Under the Jeffersontown Pavilion, near the intersection of Watterson Trail and Taylorsville Road. Call Barbara Carby at 261-9697.
  • Old Louisville FarmWorks Market: Market greens, tomatoes, flowers, wide variety of peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, apples, watermelon, green beans, blackberries and more. Wednesdays, 3-6 p. m. , June 4-October 16. Walnut Street Baptist Church parking lot, Third and Saint Catherine streets.
  • Sunny Acres Farm - corn maze, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Fall festival, haunted corn maze, birthday parties, school tours
    6516 Echo Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299. Phone: 502 727-9536. Alternate Phone: 502 643-6584. Email: [email protected]. Open: during the month of October, Saturday from 1 pm to 5 pm and Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm; and the Pumpkin Festival is on Saturday October 17, 2015 from 12 pm to 5 pm; The Haunted corn maze is open Friday and Saturday nights in October from dusk to midnight. Directions: Take the Billtown Road exit from the Gene Snyder Freeway and go south to Seatonville Road. Turn left and go two miles to Echo Trail. Turn left and continue one mile. The farm is on the left. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: September 28, 2015)
  • Tower View Farm and Nursery - Market pumpkins and squashes
    12523 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown, KY. Phone: 502-267-2066. Open: in late September and early October. School tours available. Monday-Saturday, 8 am to 7 p. m. ; Sunday, 10 am to 5 p. m. , year round.  Taylorsville Road, 2one half miles east of Jeffersontown.

Larue County

  • Hinton's Orchard & Farm Market - corn maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, birthday parties, school tours
    8631 Campbellsville Rd, Hodgenville, KY 42748. Phone: 270-325-3854. Email: [email protected]. Directions: 7.0 Miles on Hwy 210 from end of Lincoln Parkway in Hodgenville Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Open: July-Labor Day: Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm Labor Day-September: Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm October: Monday to Thursday 9 am to 6 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 9 pm Corn Maze opens Labor Day weekend. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.
  • Lee's Garden Center - corn maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides, prepicked produce, gift shop, restrooms, petting zoo, birthday parties, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
    1918 Bardstown Road, Hodgenville, KY 42748. Phone: 270-358-9897. Email: [email protected]. Directions: see our website. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in March, April, May, June, October, December. Open: Monday through Saturday from 8 am to 5.00 pm EST. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx.
  • Pickerill's Pumpkin Plantation - corn maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, restrooms, petting zoo, farm animals, school tours
    690 Barren Run Road, Hodgenville, KY 41748. Phone: 270-734-1260 . Email: [email protected]. Directions: Between Hodgenville,Ky and Sonora,Ky on highway 84.And for a map to our farm (See Level 10 on Mapquest), click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Saturday's 11 am to 6 pm and Sunday's 1 pm to 6 pm "CLOSED ON RAINY DAY'S". Open Weekends starting October 4, 2008. Payment: Cash, Check. SCHOOL TOUR WELCOME & Student Educational Classes: "AREAS ONLY PUMPKIN SLINGSHOT" Antique Farm Equipment, Tools & Signs, Come see our Barnyard Buddies, Like the Texas Loghorns and Dutch "Oreo" Belted Gallowy Cattle, Mustang Horse, Mini-Donkey, Goats, Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, Peafowl and more. ALSO FOR SALE: Certified Angus Freer Beef & Fresh Country Egg's. BRING YOUR CAMERA!!!!.

Meade County

  • Roberts Family Farm - pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, pumpkin patch- harvested and laid out on the ground or lawn, cow train / barrel train rides, corn maze, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, Pumpkin Weigh-Off, Honey from hives on the farm, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations, events at your location (call for info)
    125 Kennedy Rd, Guston , KY 40142. Phone: 270-422-2361. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday to Friday, 5:30 pm to dark, Saturday, 1 pm to 10 pm, Sunday, 1 pm to dark, September 15 to October 31. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: From 31w in Meade County travel west approximately 11 miles on highway 60. Turn right on 428 and travel 1/2 mile. Turn right on 710 and travel 2 miles. Turn left on Kennedy Rd, first drive on left. For a map to our farm, click here. Blackberry season is typically: July 1 to August 15; Corn maze and Pumpkin Patch is open September 15th through October 31st; Christmas Tree sales are the first 4 weekends following Thanksgiving. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: January 12, 2017)
  • Scared & Cornfused Maze - corn maze
    132 Darnall Avenue, Brandenburg, KY 40108. Phone: 270-828 6799. Near Chattanooga.

Nelson County

Oldham County

Shelby County

  • Gallrein Farms - pumpkins , Hayrides to pumpkin patch in fall. Free petting zoo.
    1029 Vigo Road, Shelbyville, KY 40065. Phone: 502-633-4849. Email: [email protected]. Open: September 15 thorough October; Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm. Directions: I-64 exit Hwy 53 north. Two miles to light. Go straight on Hwy 55 for 1 1/2 miles to stoplight. Turn right on Hwy 43. Go 1 one half miles on 43. Turn right on Hwy 1005. Market is 1 mile on right. Mailing address: 1826 Cropper Road. Prepicked: Specializes in sweet corn, with 18 varieties on 100 acres. Already picked blackberries, and apples. Bedding plants (annual flowers-perennials-herbs), hanging baskets. Honey, jams, jellies. Fruit and vegetable dressings. Handmade Amish furniture. Picnic pavilion with heat and air, tables/chairs. School and group tours welcome by appointment. Restrooms.
  • Mulberry Orchard - Uses integrated pest management practices, pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, child-sized haybale maze, goat walk, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, Fall festival, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours, group reservations
    1330 Mulberry Pike, Shelbyville, KY 40065. Phone: (502) 655-2633. Email: [email protected]. Open: Mid June through early November Tuesday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. We use integrated pest management practices. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: March 17, 2021)

Spencer County

  • The Berry Farm: pumpkins.
    Six miles north of Taylorsville, off Ky. 155, Elk Creek, KY. Phone: 477-2334.Open: Monday-Saturday, 8 am to 7 p. m. ; Sunday, 2-7 p. m. , through Nov. 1. They also have You-pick and market blackberries, seedless grapes, gourds, turnips, rhubarb, sweet corn, cabbage, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes.

Trimble County

  • Bray Orchards: pumpkins.
    2580 Hwy 42, Bedford, KY 40006. Phone: 502-255-3607. Open: May to October 30, daily, 8:30 am to 7 pm; October 31-Nov 30, daily, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Directions: Take Interstate 71 to Exit 28, turn left on Ky. 153 and follow to U. S. 42. Turn right and go about seven miles. They also have You-pick strawberries, green beans and tomatoes. Also, market apples, snap beans, tomatoes, strawberries, peaches, grapes, corn, peppers, cantaloupe and watermelon.


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